Tag Archives: International

MOSCOW - A plane operated by Kazakhstan's state security agency crashed in the Central Asian country on Saturday, killing four crew members and injuring two others, officials said. The ex-Soviet count...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand on Saturday marked the second anniversary of one of its most traumatic days, when 51 worshippers were killed at two Christchurch mosques by a white supremacist gu...

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has directed his administration to order another 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, growing a likely U.S. surplus of doses later this ...

WASHINGTON - In 2009, then-Vice-President Joe Biden was "Sheriff Joe," the enforcer making sure federal dollars from a massive economic aid package were getting to the right places and quickly. This t...

CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N. Security Council urged Somalia's government on Friday to organize elections "without delay" in a resolution that stressed the pressing threat to the country's security fr...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Officers found a crowbar, hammers, bear spray and firearms after they corralled a group of about 100 protesters, Portland police said Saturday. In a news release, the police bureau sa...

MANDALAY, Myanmar - Security forces in Myanmar on Saturday again met protests against last month's military takeover with lethal force, killing at least seven people by shooting live ammunition at dem...

KAMPALA, Uganda - The Ethiopian government is disputing charges of ethnic cleansing in the Tigray conflict, calling allegations by the United States "unfounded." "Nothing during or after the end of th...

KABUL - A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded 47 in Afghanistan's western Herat province, officials said Saturday. Hours later, the U.N. condemned an "alarming" increase in atta...

BEIJING - China is aiming to vaccinate 70-80% of its population by mid-2022, the head of the country's Center for Disease Control said Saturday. With four approved vaccines, China will vaccinate 900 m...